LOCATELLI: Concerti Grossi, Op. 1, Nos. 7-12

Krček, Jaroslav;
Capella Istropolitana

8.553446

The first eight of the Concerti grossi, Opus 1, are in the general form of the sonata or concerto da chiesa, although the seventh adopts the three-movement form of the Venetian concerto. The last four concerti are in the contrasted da camera form. The distinction between church and chamber sonatas lies in the general practice of alternating slow movements with fugal movements in the former, while the latter is in the form of a dance suite. The forms used by Locatelli largely echo those in the published work of Corelli, with the eighth of the set also a Christmas concerto, ending with a pastoral movement, a Siciliano, suggesting the shepherds at Bethlehem, a convention widely followed. The last four concerti grossi of the set keep the general pattern of the German dance, the Allemanda and the slow Sarabande, ending with a quicker dance movement, the conventional Gigueor the less usual concluding Gavotte.

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

08-07-1996

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